Detainees were mistreated in "prison-like" conditions at an immigration centre where staff made dehumanising comments and were quick to use force, the Brooke House Inquiry has found.Brook House immigration removal centre (IRC) was "not sufficiently decent, secure or caring for detained people or its staff", a report into abuse suffered there in 2017 concluded.A total of 19 incidents of mistreatment took place at the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex between April and August th

Detainees were mistreated in "prison-like" conditions at an immigration centre where staff made dehumanising comments and were quick to use force, the Brooke House Inquiry has found.Brook House immigration removal centre (IRC) was "not sufficiently decent, secure or caring for detained people or its staff", a report into abuse suffered there in 2017 concluded.A total of 19 incidents of mistreatment took place at the detention centre near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex between April and August that year, inquiry chairwoman Kate Eves said.